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So far under trump, mass shootings have plummeted with the sharpest year over year decline in a decade, and the fewest since any year on record
But experts are totally and completely befuddled given that no new gun control laws were passed, meaning gun control laws had nothing to do with this
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-shooting-dropped-2025-school-violence-gun-control-11198530
Mass Killings Plummeted in 2025, Despite No New Gun Control Laws
Mass killings in the United States dropped to their lowest level in two decades in 2025, even as Congress failed to enact any new federal gun control laws.
Seventeen incidents met the threshold for mass killing this year, down from 42 in 2023 and the fewest since national tracking began in 2006, according to recent data from the Mass Killing Database, a project led by Northeastern University in collaboration with USA Today and the Associated Press.
“This is not a victory lap for gun reform—it’s a return to a more typical level,” said James Alan Fox, a research professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern who oversees the database, in an interview with Newsweek.
Researchers say the drop is less about federal legislation — or the lack thereof — and more about a statistical "settling" after pandemic-era volatility. The decline, they argue, reflects a regression to the mean following several years of elevated violence, paired with localized policy shifts and evolving patterns in how mass killings occur.
“We had a spike after the pandemic, and we’re now back at pre-COVID levels,” Fox said. “But that doesn’t mean we’re safe. These events are still tragic, and they can still happen.”
The database defines a mass killing as an incident in which four or more people are killed within a 24-hour period, excluding the perpetrator. Unlike narrower definitions limited to firearms, this dataset includes attacks involving fire, vehicles, blunt force and other means.
But experts are totally and completely befuddled given that no new gun control laws were passed, meaning gun control laws had nothing to do with this
https://www.newsweek.com/mass-shooting-dropped-2025-school-violence-gun-control-11198530
Mass Killings Plummeted in 2025, Despite No New Gun Control Laws
Mass killings in the United States dropped to their lowest level in two decades in 2025, even as Congress failed to enact any new federal gun control laws.
Seventeen incidents met the threshold for mass killing this year, down from 42 in 2023 and the fewest since national tracking began in 2006, according to recent data from the Mass Killing Database, a project led by Northeastern University in collaboration with USA Today and the Associated Press.
“This is not a victory lap for gun reform—it’s a return to a more typical level,” said James Alan Fox, a research professor of criminology, law, and public policy at Northeastern who oversees the database, in an interview with Newsweek.
Researchers say the drop is less about federal legislation — or the lack thereof — and more about a statistical "settling" after pandemic-era volatility. The decline, they argue, reflects a regression to the mean following several years of elevated violence, paired with localized policy shifts and evolving patterns in how mass killings occur.
“We had a spike after the pandemic, and we’re now back at pre-COVID levels,” Fox said. “But that doesn’t mean we’re safe. These events are still tragic, and they can still happen.”
The database defines a mass killing as an incident in which four or more people are killed within a 24-hour period, excluding the perpetrator. Unlike narrower definitions limited to firearms, this dataset includes attacks involving fire, vehicles, blunt force and other means.
